Scymnus auritus Thunberg, 1795 is a animal in the Coccinellidae family, order Coleoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Scymnus auritus Thunberg, 1795

Scymnus auritus Thunberg, 1795

Scymnus auritus is a tiny black ladybird species in the Coccinellidae family found in the Palearctic realm.

Family
Genus
Scymnus
Order
Coleoptera
Class
Insecta

About Scymnus auritus Thunberg, 1795

Scymnus auritus Thunberg, 1795 is a species of beetle that belongs to the Coccinellidae family. This species occurs in the Palearctic realm. It is a tiny black ladybird, measuring between 2mm and 2.5mm in length, and is associated with Quercus robur woodland. Its distribution covers Europe, Cyprus, European Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia, the Russian Far East, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Transcaucasia, Middle Asia, Western Asia, and China.

Photo: (c) Gábor Keresztes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gábor Keresztes · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Scymnus

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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